Decisions of Aktia plc's Annual General Meeting 2011
Aktia plc
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29.3.2011 at 7 p.m.
Decisions of Aktia plc's Annual General Meeting 2011
The Annual General Meeting of Aktia plc held on 29 March 2011 adopted the financial statements of the parent company and the consolidated financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of Supervisors, the members of the Board of Directors, the Managing Director and his deputy from liability.
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Annual General Meeting decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.30 per share totalling EUR 19.9 million for the financial period 1 January - 31 December 2010. The record date for the dividends is 01 April 2011 and the dividends will be paid out on 08 April 2011.
The Annual General Meeting established the number of members on the Board of Supervisors as thirty-five.
The members of the Board of Supervisors Håkan Fagerström, Christina Gestrin, Patrik Lerche, Kristina Lyytikäinen, Håkan Mattlin, Jorma J. Pitkämäki, Peter Simberg, Bengt Sohlberg, Lorenz Uthardt and Marianne Österberg, who were all due to step down, were elected members of the Board of Supervisors and Sven-Erik Granholm, B.Sc. (Econ), and Mikael Westerback, Chamber Counsellor, were elected as new members of the Board of Supervisors. All for a term of three years.
The Annual General Meeting established the number of auditors as one.
KPMG Oy Ab was appointed auditor for the financial year starting on 1 January 2011, with Jari Härmälä, APA, as the auditor in charge.
The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal by the Board of Director concerning authorisation to issue shares as well as authorisation to divest shares.
The proposal of the Finnish Shareholders Association to discontinue the Board of Supervisors was dropped after voting as the proposal did not receive required support.
All proposals mentioned above are included in the Summons to the AGM published on Aktia plc's website www.aktia.fi.
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